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  1. nautil.usKelly Clancy7/14/2112 min
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    • Jessica2 years ago

      I find the brain-body relationship fascinating. Whether or not the electrotherapy techniques described here become implemented widely, studying their effectiveness certainly advances our understanding of the brain's complexity regarding stimulus and response, especially those that can be life-threatening or disruptive to someone's ability to go about their day-to-day activities.

      This kind of electrotherapy will be reserved for the most intractable patients, for whom traditional interventions have failed. But what will be its limits? What if we could wipe atrocities from our collective remembrance? Or scrub guilt from a soldier’s conscience? Like any medicine, forgetting is both a poison and a cure.